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SolidCAM UK to Demonstrate the Complete Innovative Power of SolidCAM and iMachining at MACH 2014

Press release date: January 1, 2014

SolidCAM UK Ltd will be exhibiting on stand 5242 in Hall 5 at the UK’s largest manufacturing technologies event - MACH 2014 at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC), Birmingham, 7th - 11th April 2014. Over five days, this outstanding biennial event will welcome more than 20,000 visitors wishing to find the most innovative manufacturing technologies available today.

SolidCAM UK will be demonstrating its full suite of SolidCAM CAD/CAM products for milling and turning, including its software for advanced mill-turn applications. Live cutting using SolidCAM’s unique, patented and revolutionary iMachining technology, will be demonstrated on the booth.

SolidCAM's iMachining technology saves 70% in CNC machining time and more, and extends tool life dramatically. The iMachining Technology Wizard provides a reliable partner, automatically determining speeds and feeds and other machining parameters. iMachining provides unprecedented savings and increased efficiency for CNC milling operations, translating into profits and success. All of SolidCAM customers worldwide, who have invested in iMachining, are enjoying these immense savings!

During each day of the show, SolidCAM UK will run live cutting demonstrations using a Doosan DNM400 Vertical Machining Centre, provided by Mills CNC, work-holding provided by Roemheld and cutting tools provided by Iscar Tools. The live cutting will fully demonstrate the 70% savings which are possible with iMachining, enabling machine shops to see for themselves how it can make them more productive and profitable.

Visitors will have the opportunity to talk with SolidCAM UK’s Certified Application Engineers about the latest version of SolidCAM2014 which has more than 100 new enhancements across its modules. These include 2.5D Milling, HSS, 3D HSM, Simultaneous 5-Axis Milling, iMachining 2D & 3D, Turning and Advanced Mill-Turn for multi-turret and multi-spindle machines, as well as the new Solid Probe module.

SolidCAM continues to push the CAM boundaries and its engineers are looking forward to talking to existing SolidCAM customers and meeting the next generation of users, helping them all to improve their manufacturing processes.

Gordon Drysdale, Managing Director at SolidCAM UK Ltd says "Our role in the industry draws on our experience of supplying software to high-end manufacturing industries such as aerospace, automotive, medical, mold and die and general sub-contract machining. Many of our customers use premium - and expensive - materials and demand absolute accuracy in production. With SolidCAM, we can offer the reliability, productivity and cost reductions essential for success in these sectors.”

About SolidCAM

Founded in 1984 by Dr. Emil Somekh, SolidCAM has over 29 years of expertise in CAM development and applications. The integration strategy of SolidCAM, in the major 3D mainstream CAD systems, SolidWorks and Inventor, has created major growth for SolidCAM and established SolidCAM as the leaders in Integrated CAM. SolidCAM has had the Certified Gold-product status from SolidWorks since 2003 and provides seamless, single-window integration and full associativity to the SolidWorks design model. InventorCAM has the Autodesk certified product status and provides seamless, single-window integration and full associativity to the Inventor design model. SolidCAM is a Consistent Growth Leader and has been named by CIMdata as the fastest growing CAM vendor worldwide, in five out of the past eight years.